Alice Simpson on mon 1 dec 08
Hi Vince,
Selected certain areas to remain matte-- to contrast with glazed areas
on these delicate (!) self portraits
http://www.alicesimpson.com/PORTRAIT_OF_THE_ARTIST_images.html
and happy with the outcome.
My question was a practical one, not one of aesthetics.
Simply want to maintain those unglazed surfaces,
keep them white and pristine--for all eternity!-Alice
Subject: Re: Unglazed Stoneware Question
Alice -
I hope you won't mind if I just play devil's advocate here and ask
why you would want to do this. If you wanted something more on those
areas, why did you leave them unglazed? Are you dissatisfied with the
unglazed areas? ...
It can be a significant challenge to achieve the surface effects we
want entirely with fired materials, but it is a challenge that faces
everyone who sets out to make things with fired clay. It is so very rewarding
when we do get the surface effects we want (or better than we expected)
when the piece comes out of the glaze firing...
- Vince
Vince Pitelka
Appalachian Center for Craft
Tennessee Tech University
vpitelka@dtccom.net; wpitelka@tntech.edu
http://iweb.tntech.edu/wpitelka
Cheers,
Alice
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CLAY & BOOKS
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Lee Love on mon 1 dec 08
On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 11:44 AM, Alice Simpson wrote:
> My question was a practical one, not one of aesthetics.
> Simply want to maintain those unglazed surfaces,
> keep them white and pristine--for all eternity!-Alice
You best chance is not to do anything to them. The bare fired surface
can always be cleaned. Anything put on top of it will not endure as
well as the clay itself. If you coat it, it has a chance of
discoloring, wearing off or being damaged in the cleaning.
I the future, you could always put a mat glaze on if you
don'twant to leave the surface as it is.
--
Lee Love in Minneapolis
http://togeika.multiply.com/journal
"Myth is cultural DNA, the software, the unconscious information, the
program that governs the way we see 'reality.'" --Sam Keen
"People that deny their myth and think they only act 'rationally',
are simply living an unconscious life." -- Clay Mudman
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